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See also: [[list of musical events]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1900-1950)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1951-1979)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1980-present)]]

*c. [[4000 BC]]
**[[Harp]]s and [[vertical flute]]s are played in [[Egypt]]
*c. [[3500 BC]]
**[[Double clarinet]]s and [[lyre]]s are played in [[Egypt]]
*c. [[3000 BC]]
**The [[bamboo pipe]] is invented in [[China]]
(contracted; show full)*[[1860]]
**[[India]]n musicians move to the royal court in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], bringing their musical influences
*[[1868]]
**The [[Meiji Restoration]] revolutionizes and democratizes [[music of Japan|Japanese music]]
*[[1869]]
**The golden age of [[flamenco]] is usually said to begin
*c. [[1870]]

**Christian missionaries bring [[gospel music]] to Australian Aborigines
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**[[Choro]] is invented in [[Rio de Janeiro]]
**[[Tin Pan Alley]] begins to dominate popular music in the US
*[[1874]]
**[[Society for Culture and Education]] is founded in Finland
*[[1875]]
**Earliest origins of [[plena]] in  [[Puerto Rico]]
*[[1877]]
**[[Thomas Edison]] invents the first machine to record sound
*[[1880]]
**[[John Paine]]'s ''[[In Spring]]'' is the first symphony published in the US
**[[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' premiers
*[[1886]]
**[[Celesta]] invented
*c. [[1890]]
**[[Jean Sibelius]]' ''[[Kullervo]]'' inspires a rise in Finnish [[nationalism]], greatly influencing music in his native land
*[[1896]]
**[[Ragtime]] and [[cakewalk]] are popularized in the [[United States]]